Two-time Daytime Emmy nominee Hunt Block (Craig Montgomery) will be leaving As the World Turns in the upcoming weeks. The move to ditch the actor has come as a surprise to both the cast and fans of the CBS soap.
After brief stints on All My Children and Guiding Light - both of which saw his characters meet their demise - Block joined the cast of As the World Turns in July 2000. He and his character immediately fell into favor with then-new head writer Hogan Sheffer. Sheffer, a four-time Emmy winning scribe who was released earlier this year, made no attempt to hide that fact that he enjoyed writing for the character of Craig.
Without elaborating on details, a spokesperson for As the World Turns did confirm that the actor is out.
"Hunt Block is leaving the show," the spokesperson told SoapCentral.com. "The departure is storyline dictated."
Unofficially, a source tells Soap Central that the reason for Block's dismissal was budget cuts. The two Procter & Gamble soaps, As the World Turns and Guiding Light, are both undergoing some serious belt-tightening.
Block last airs on August 11th.